I Struggled with Meditation...

I struggled with meditation. Tried different methodologies, nothing gave me the stillness that I thought I should get.

I now realize it wasn't because there was something missing in the different systems. The truth is that something was missing in me. Also, different approaches work for different people at different times as I realize in my own coach journey. Not every coach is for me and I am not everyone's coach. It is a process of discovery and feeling the connection.
It's only when I found myself in a Vipassana Centre on a 10-day Silence Retreat that I found my connection. I discovered that meditation is simply a process of self-observation, of stepping away from the life outside to step inside, of gathering the scattered attention broken in 1000 pieces and holding it together within you.

​Thomas Edison was hugely ineffective at fishing. He never caught a fish though he would fish for an hour daily because he never used the bait. He said that way everyone left him alone - people and even the fish. This was his way of gathering his scattered self and journeying inwards. He credited this process for his prolific inventions.
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I find my biggest, most creative, innovative ideas simply float by when I am meditating. It's worth figuring out your way to come home to yourself.

Love, Jyoti.